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Today at Gyuto Monastery the Gelukpa monks were preparing tormas for a special three day puja called Jang Kar that starts tomorrow. Their tormas are quite different from the Kagyu tradition’s tormas. See gallery below:

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India must apologise to the Karmapa Lama Since in the age of 24×7 TV channels facts are not sacrosanct and the only things that matter are screaming headlines, half-baked truths and ill-informed opinions, let me begin with two facts. First, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has given a clean chit to the Karmapa Lama in the seizure of foreign currency from ‘his’ monastery in Hiamchal. And the second fact: HP chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has refused to comment on the clean chit to the Karmapa, Ugyen Trinley Dorje, from the Central agencies which looked into the alleged violation of the Foreign Exchange Management Act by the Tibetan leader. “Karmapas name in any way is not involved in any land related cases. Neither there are any cases against some particular monastery person,” said Dhumal in front of reporters in Dharamsala on Thursday.

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Thimphu: Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche’s third feature film is set to be refreshingly different. Unlike his two previous films – The Cup and Travellers and Magicians – Vara, meaning blessing or boon in Sanskrit, will have a cast of professional actors, some of whom are well-known Bollywood actors.

Based on the novel Blood and Tears by the celebrated Indian poet and novelist, Sunil Gan-gopadhyay, the film will be in Hindi medium. Some of the potential lead actors include Imran Khan, Shahid Kapoor, Shahana Goswami, Mamatha Bhukya, and Padmapriya Janakiraman.